|
|
 |
|
Real treasures
are held here and there by members of our large, extended family. They've come down to us from parents
and grandparents, uncles or aunts--and often from their ancestors before them. These heirlooms may be beautiful, they
may be ordinary. But they have been held and used, perhaps admired and treasured by members of our family, now long
gone. Collectively, they make up an archive of objects which help tell the Story and the stories of the many descendants
of Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall. They are held by individual family members in trust for all of us. And they are treasured by us all.
|
|
| See below for names of persons pictured here |
From
left to right: Connie [Marshall] Tataseo Mondok, a great-great granddaughter;
Betty Shankle Marshall, wife of Percy J. Marshall, a great-grandson; Jean Marshall Mohan, a great-granddaughter; Sandra Marshall
Clark, a great-great granddaughter; Donna Telford Marshall, wife of Bob Marshall, a great-grandson; and Eva Bradley Marshall
Tataseo, wife of Twyde Earl Marshall, a great-grandson. Connie, Jean and Sandra were born to the Marshall
family; and Betty, Donna and Eva married into the family.
This shawl is the wedding cape
of Anna Mary Rumbarger Marshall
(1838-1924). She was married two days after her 17th birthday,
on 09 February 1855, to William Kelker Marshall (1829-1911) in Brookville, Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania. Her parents were John Rumbarger (1810-1889) and Elizabeth Leathers (1818-1844). Anna Mary Marshall was the mother of 12 children--6 boys and 6 girls.
For her to have kept and treasured this unusual piece of cloth after her wedding is, I believe, a sign of its great
importance to her. The cape is about four yards long, has a hand-worked fringe,
and is entirely black.
In time, it came to her granddaughter Zella Hartman Sprankle.
Zella was the daughter of Mary Lovina "Love" Marshall Hartman -- Anna Mary Marshall's namesake and
daughter, who died at age 30 in 1892. Zella passed it to her daughter Helen
Sprankle Sheffler; and Helen gave it to her daughter Sue Sheffler Yokim of DuBois, Pennsylvania.
In the summer of 2006, Sue Yokim sent the wedding shawl home with Kelly Marshall, with an expressed desire that it
be kept in the Marshall family.
The photograph above shows women of the Marshall family inspecting this remarkable garment
on 12 August 2006 at the annual Marshall Family Reunion near Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Pictured are either descendants or spouses of descendants of Anna Mary Marshall’s
sons William Frederick Marshall (1864-1945), Earl Jay Marshall (1878-1941), and Guy
Ralph Marshall (1884-1965).
|
|
| Anna Mary Rumbarger Marshall, pregnant, circa 1856-1858 |
|
|
| The Rohrer Frakturs, 1790s, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |
For a translation of the Frederick Rohrer fraktur, click here.
ADD TEXT -- THE STORY OF THESE REMARKABLE DOCUMENTS
[under construction]
|
|
|
|
|
| A Pitcher Brought From Ireland by the Coopers |
This
beautiful pitcher, held by Sue Neubert, came from County Wicklow, Ireland, with Sue’s Cooper ancestors Charles Cooper and Margaret Morgan in 1841. The Coopers in time settled in Butler County,
near present-day Parker, Pennsylvania. Their son John Thomas Cooper married Sarah Isabella Bailey, a daughter of Mary Ann Marshall Bailey and a granddaughter of John Marshall and Catharina Truby.
Right to left: Sue Neubert with grandson Patrick Martinelli
(son of Jeffrey Martinelli and Betsy Neubert); daughter Polly Neubert McCracken; and granddaughter Lauren Neubert
(daughter of Dan and Cathy Neubert). Patrick and Lauren are seventh-generation
descendants of John Marshall and Catharina Truby.
|
|
|
|
|
| Engagement Ring of Sarah Wilkins Marshall |
This lovely, peridot ring was given to Sarah Jane Wilkins by her husband-to-be, Henry Frank Marshall
(1867-1922), prior to their marriage. It has passed to her granddaughter, Sandra Steve Olson Wall,
and is worn in this photo by her daughter Kristen Olson Noel.
The Marshalls moved from Garrett County, Maryland to Hood
River, Oregon and then to Carson, Washington, in the first decade of the 20th century. Frank, a native of Jefferson
County, Pa., met his bride in her native West Virginia when he was working for his Uncle Jacob Leathers Rumbarger,
a lumberman, in the 1890s. The many descendants of this couple live today in the Northwest.
Sandra Wall writes that her
grandmother "gave it to Alene [Marshall Steve, the youngest daughter] for her 18th birthday. It had not been worn for
years because the center stone was missing. My mother said it was a pale green stone, which would have been a peridot. It
was a popular stone at that time and was used for young ladies. Women then usually did not wear diamonds until
after they were married. I had a new stone set after Judy [Judith Ingram Tebbs] and I talked and I remembered that I
had the ring tucked away."
|
|
| Unique, revolving bookcase from the Turk--Allison Families |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Red Ware from the Greensburg Home of the Truby Family |
TRUBY RED WARE
This piece of red ware, painted in a traditional Pennsylvania German motif, came from the Greensburg home of the Trubys and passed through their grandson, John Marshall (1803-1889) of Parker City, Pennsylvania,
through his son William Kelker Marshall, to his daughter, Kate Marshall Heffner, and then to her daughter Laura Heffner Wilson. In the late 1970s, Laura gave
me this plate to keep in the family. Note a similar pattern on the item from the same era, on display in November 2007
at Mount Vernon.
|
|
| Similar Red Ware in the Kitchen at Mount Vernon, Virginia |
|
|
| The Psalter of John Marshall (1803-1889) -- Parker Presbyterian Church |
A “psalter” is the Book of Psalms, often with additional
hymns appended. It was used for singing by Presbyterians and others of the Reformed Christian traditions. Unlike modern hymnals, the music seldom was printed.
This was the Psalter of John Marshall (1803-1889), which he would have carried with him to the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (now the Parker Presbyterian Church) in Lawrenceburg.
Note his bookplate.
It seems that this hymnal passed to his daughter Mary Ann Marshall Turk. From her, it went to the home of her son, Henry Marshall Turk, and from him to his daughter Charlotte Turk Dean. At her death in 1982, the Psalter passed to her nephew Edward M.
Zollinger.
|
|
|
|
|
| From the Bay Minette home of the Fletchers in Alabama |
|
|
| A Servong Dish from the Home of Sarah Jane Wilkins Marshall, Carson, Washington |
|
|
|
|
PHOTO CREDITS THIS PAGE
"It is amazing
how much family
is out there!
Who knew?!?"
Cousin Jeff Olson
of the State of Washington
Jeff is a sixth-generation descendant
of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
ENTIRE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(All the Time!)
Photos and Information Placed Online
I make a good effort not to place online any information which easily would
allow someone to contact you or your family members. If I've inadvertently placed such information on our family site
(or a photo of you and/or a family member which you prefer would not appear) just
e-mail me. I'll remove the information and/or the picture right away.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
All content
and images on this site
which
aren't in the public domain are
the
intellectual property of Gordon Kelly Marshall.
Researchers,
family members, libraries,
or
genealogical and/or historical societies are invited to use
the information
freely, for non-commercial purposes only,
with proper
credit to this site.
The website may not be copied or distributed
without express written consent.
Email me at
marshallfamily@zoominternet.net.
|
|
|
|
